Bhubaneswar: Gearing up for the upcoming assembly elections in the state, Odisha unit of Congress Monday finalised the names of 44 candidates who will contest the 2019 polls.
“The Pradesh Election Committee (PEC) finalised 44 candidates for the assembly elections. They have been selected on the basis of winnability factor,” said Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) President Niranjan Patnaik.
The PEC meeting was held for finalising the candidates. The list of the selected candidates will be scrutinised by the screening committee of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) before formal announcement.
The PEC had earlier decided that more than one ticket will not be given to a family except established leaders.